A Knitter Man

This morning, I went to a knit shop (somewhere over Jakal) to buy a pack (various sizes) of hooks and a skein of yarn. Namanya bener hook nggak yah? Hook for cable knitting not for crocheting. There were two girls and a man knitting there. The man is the staff there. Fyi, all of the staffs in that shop are able to knit. When I was about to pay, the man acted as a cashier. Brief conversation began..

Man: “Only these?”

Z: “Yeah..”

Man: “Cost xxx. What have you knitted?”

Z: “Hmm.. just a shawl with plain pattern. You?”

Man: “Many”

Z: “Ow. How long have you been knitting?”

Man: “Almost a year.”

Z: “What thing did you knit first?”

Man: “A cellphone pouch.”

Z: “How long did it take?”

Man: “Hmm.. not long. Just two days.”

Z: “Ha? Was that crochet or knit?”

Man: “Knit”

Z: “Ha?”

Man: “What are you about to knit?”

Z: “A cable”

Man: “Oh.. good luck! :)”

What got me surprised was that he knitted a cellphone pouch for only TWO days when he was a beginner, at his very first time knitting! I don’t wonder if it was crochet because crochet takes less time than knit (article said). Fyi, I made my first shawl for almost two months! Just a simple shawl with plain pattern.